Ocean City senior Sophia Curtis put together a quick quad win Thursday at the Cape May County Championships, winning the long jump, triple jump and 400-meter hurdles and anchoring the winning 1.600-meter relay, all in under two hours.
Curtis won the intermediates in 1:02.04, the long jump with a season-best 17-4 – this was her first major meet long jumping since outdoor states last year – and the triple jump with a 39-1 ¾. She joined Grace Tedesco, freshman Carly Godfrey and Kai Linthicum to run 4:12.50 in the 4-by-4, anchoring in 59.21.
Curtis was state Group 3 champ last year and 6th-place finisher at West Philly Nationals in the intermediates and two-time Meet of Champions winner and 4th-place finisher in Boston Nationals in the triple jump.
Ocean City won the team title 167-73 over 2nd-place Middle Township, with Lower Cape May Regional 3rd with 58 points.
Ocean City junior Naomi Nnewihe put together an unusual and impressive triple, winning the 100 in 12.84, the 200 in 26.08 and the sho put with a 31-10 ¼.
Other Ocean City winners: Godfrey in the 400 [PR 59.69], junior Chloe Care in the 800 [PR 2:25.95], junior Maeve Smith in the 1,600 [5:16.12] and 3,200 [11:20.09], junior AnnaMaria Marczyk in the high hurdles [PR 16.68] and sophomore Callie Duff in the high jump [4-10].
For Middle Township, senior Camille Harris won the discus [97-0], sophomore Haylie Rowlands won the pole vault with a 7-6 clearance and freshman Allison Nagle won the javelin at 85-11.
The Ocean City boys won the team title 230-41 ½ over Middle Township.
Junior John Paul Forster tripled the high jump [5-4], long jump [PR 20-0 ¾] and triple jump [PR 40-2 ½].
Other Red Raider winners: Sophomore Jude Govern in the 200 [PR 23.55], senior Talon Fischer in the 400 [52.61]junior Kal Heyman in the 800 [PR 2:04.34], freshman Keenan Neuman in the 1,600 [4:40.74], senior Matt Hoffman in the 3,200 [9:31.12], junior Ryan Davis in the 110 highs [16.14] and 400 intermediates [1:01.61], junior Anthony Gasparovic [141-8 discus], junior Grady Hanson [44-3 shot put] and junior Anthony DeRose [132-3 javelin].
For Middle, junior Aidan Hippen won the 100 [PR 11.53] and sophomore Noah Nagle won the pole vault [10-6]